Hinge



U. M. LINCOLN.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2. I920.

41,370,457. Patented Mar. 1,1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HINGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

Application filed April 2, 1920. Serial No. 370,821.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ULYssns M. LINCOLN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Miami, inthe county of Dads and State of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference to a hinge for supporting suspended frames, such as screens, storm sashes, etc.

The primary object of the invention is to produce a hinge including a member designed to be attached to a support and asecond member designed to be attached to a frame or other article to be supported, the last mentioned member being detachably associated with the first mentioned member so that both of the members may be readily associated to permit of the free swinging, of the frame on the support but readily disassociated to permit of the removal of the frame from the support.

A further object of the invention is to produce a hinge for suspended frames or the like in which a hinged section comprises a body plate that is designed to be attached to the upper rail of the casing for the frame, the said member having on its outer edge spaced upwardly extending portions that terminate in outturned ears, the second hinged member or section comprising a plate that is attached to the frame to be suspended, the said plate having an up wardly extending tongue that at its ends is formed with lateral extensions, the tongue being of a size to be snugly received between the spaced elements on the first mentioned member and the lateral extensions on the tongue designed to rest on the flanges of the said extensions, and wher by the frame may be readily attached to or detached from the casing or like support and free to swing thereon.

A further object of the invention is to produce a hinge for suspended frames or the like that shall be of an extremely simple construction, cheap to manufacture, readily attached, and thoroughly eficient for the purpose for which it is devised.

The drawings illustrate a satisfactory embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice and in which Figure 1 is an elevation illustrating the application of the improvement.

Fig. 2 is a view looking toward the top of the hinge.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the hinged member that is attached to the support.

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the hinged sectioln that is attached to the supported artic e.

Myimproved hinge is primarily devised for supporting full length screen frames on a window casing, but is, of course, equally adaptable for other purposes, as for instaz'ico the hinge may be employed for suspending storm sashes or in any other connection wherein a suspended article, such as a frame is designed to be removed from the article, such as a casing, from which it is suspended. Y

Referring now to the drawings in detail,

the numeral 1 designates a window casing,-

and 2 a screen therefor.

F or distinction the upper rail of the casing is indicated by the numeral 3, and on this rail is the supporting section of the improved hinge. The supporting section includes a body plate 4 having screw openings through which pass securing screws that enter the rail 3. In this connection it is to be noted that the body member of the hinged section may be attached to the window casing by merely lowering the upper sash thereof, and the operator may stand on the window sill thus overcoming the use of ladders or the like.

The member 4, on its outer edge is formed with two spaced upstanding portions or flanges 6. These flanges terminate in upwardly directed angularly disposed wings or ledges 7.

Secured to the upper part of the screen frame is the body plate 8 of the second section of the hinge. This section 8, at its upper edge is formed with a tongue 9 that is of a width substantially equaling the dis tance between the flanges of the fixed hinged section. The tongue 9 has at its outer end laterally extending lugs 10, and these lugs are designed to be arranged over the angle ledges on the flanges of the first mentioned hinged section.

Of course, suitable means is provided for latching the lower end of the frame, and when such means is released the frame may be swung to any desired angle outward of the window casing. The contacting engagement between the side edges of the tongue of one of the hinged sections with the up standing spaced members or flanges of the other hinged section prevents lateral movement of the frame on the casing, and it will be apparent that when the frame is brought,

to an outward angle and is moved upwardly on the hinged section, the said frame may be readily removed from the hinged section on the casing.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A hinge for supporting suspended frames or the like, including a plate connected to the inner face of a support, said plate having at its outer edges upstanding spaced flanges disposed in contacting engagement with the outer face of the support and terminating in upwardly directed outwardly extended ledges, a second hinge section secured to the outer face of a frame and having an upstanding tongue projecting beyond the frame, said tongue having laterally projecting lugs at the outer corners thereofwhich are adapted to rest on the angle ledges at the ends of the flanges of the first mentioned hinge section and by the weight of the frame to move downwardly on said ledges in contacting engagement with the outer face of the support, and the said tongue being of a width to contact with the confronting edges of the spaced flanges of the first mentioned hinge section.

2. A hinge for supporting suspended frames or the like, including, in combination with a support and a frame, a hinge section comprising a body plate that is fixed to the inner face of the support, said plate having at its outer edge two flat spaced upstanding flanges that are disposed in con- 1 tacting engagement with the outer face of the said support, said flanges terminating section is brought between the flanges of the first mentioned hinge section, and the width of the tongue being equal to the distance between the flanges, so that the confronting edges of the tongue and flanges are in contacting engagement. 1

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ULYSSES M, LINCOLN. 

